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The architectural style is a combination of Chinese and Western styles, simple and elegant, and impregnable. In particular, this kind of building with caves and fortresses is called a folk building by experts. * * The pinnacle of engineering!
The entire village is a complete castle-like building that has been standing majestically on the rocky cliffs for 400 years.
The river protects the city, surrounded by peaks, green pines and cypresses, stacked courtyards, scattered high and low. The houses are close to the city, and the city is close to the mountains. It is rough and majestic, with beautiful mountains and water, and a picture of simplicity, grandeur and ancient charm. The buildings in the city are divided in an orderly manner by two east-west streets and nine north-south lanes. The main existing buildings include Sandu Hall, Shuaifu, ten houses, large and small men's monasteries, temples, ancestral halls, private schools, etc. In particular, the Tibetan Soldier Cave built in the city wall, the Zhuangyuan Tower and Tanhua Tower, which are a combination of Chinese and Western styles, and the impregnable city wall defense system are very distinctive and are praised by experts as "the first ancient castle of the Ming Dynasty in northern China."
Xiangyu Village, Zhengcun Town, Qinshui County, Shanxi
Zhengcun Town, Qinshui County, Shanxi Province, guess right? P
Xiangyu Castle in Zhengcun Town, Qinshui County, Shanxi Province
It should be in a mountainous area, well preserved, and not destroyed by war, which is rare.